Sean Harrop's Poetry Anothology

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Anthology

Dedication

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I dedicate this anthology to my parents for taking me on countless numbers of trips, adventures and giving me just as many memories. They have been there every step of the way to success.

Thanks for everything!

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Table Of Contents 1) Success My World 2) Identity of I 3) Family I Love 4) Sporting Humour 5) Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening 6) Seasons Changing 7) Beat It 8) My Backyard 9) The Running Race 10) Day in a Marching Band 11) Name Vignette 12) Identity Connections 13) Bibliography

Succes My World

When I think success I see it comes When i dream success I see it comes When i touch success It fates away Success success My hope I’ll find success Embrace success When i hold success I’ll keep it save When I have success I’ll share it Success success My world I’ll rule Yes, I’ll influence Thought, Oh thought My Success Success I’ll keep, I see Success a life Success my hope Success my world

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Firfa Bruce

Succes My World Analysis Firfa Bruce’s poem, “Succes My World,” is a poem filled with figurative language and meaning. This poem has no rhyme scheme, but instead is based around parallelism. Within the poem multiple uses of repetition are apparent, “Success Success” (Lines 7, 15, 20). Adding repetition to the end of each stanza is like adding a kireji to haiku; it splits one idea from another. The theme of this poem is success can always slip away, so use it right when you get it. She communicates this theme throughout the poem starting off in the first stanzas. She starts off with, “When I think success, I see it comes” (Line 1), and after it climaxes she ends with, “When I touch success, it fades away” (Lines 5,6). In the second stanza she writes, “When I hold success, I’ll keep it save, When I have success, I’ll share it” (Lines 11-14). This is the second part of the theme statement; use it right when you get it. Bruce contrasted these two words, hold and have. He writes, “When I hold success I’ll keep it, When I have success I’ll share it” (Lines 11-14). This gives the poem a really deep meaning.

He’s communicating how when you hold success, maybe in the form of knowledge- a degree, you should keep it. When you have it, maybe you have learned to solve the rubrics cube, you should share that with others. In the end Bruce wrote a very deep, enhancing, and successful poem.

Identity of I

Identity is not what I promise others Identity is what I do when I am alone Identity is what I think of others Knowing all the hatred they’ve shown Identity is what every wound reminds me Identity is what I learn and what I pass by Identity is what I see in the mirror After giving my best try Identity is what I make out of my given chance Identity is what I accept and what I deny No one else has control over me Life is about me, and what I identify

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Identity of I Analysis

Family I love love my family with my hold heart.

My love is Joy to love my family Family is sad and happy and love.

Family is fun and painful and pretty.

My family is like all families we have love and we have happiness and tears I love my hold family My family is like angels who fly in sky I am grateful that I have family that loves me.

My family are kind and nice and fun to be around My family is painful like all familys are and heart breaking and Evil sometimes My family is heart breaking and deadly like everyone else Hey I can’t stop loving my family not matter what it coats in the family.

Way my family is just makes me want have family with someone be as good as they are.

But God know I love my family and our love is great to have in life and even know they leave the world they still a live in my hearts.

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adds a deep meaning and easy understanding to her point of view of families. She is also making the idea of family simple and rooted explanation almost as if she would be explaining it to aliens. One of the many things I enjoy about this poem is how its not all about what families should and shouldn’t be. This really strengthens the connection between writer and reader because of how almost everybody can relate to the ups and the downs in the roller coaster of family.

Sporting Humour

It maybe the words we use not something that we see, that makes it seem so strange but maybe it’s just me.

In cricket you have a square leg football teams have wings, with tennis a forearm is smashed and golfers play with swings.

Then there’s American football played with a ball out of shape, and athletes run for miles to see who can break a tape.

Boxers have a ring with corners wrestlers use a hammer lock, baseball is played on a diamond and badminton with a shuttlecock.

Gymnasts always act as though they are throwing some kind of fit, and motor racing drivers have to drive into a pit.

Sport was for recreation supposed to be just a game, now they’ve become big business and they’re not at all the same.

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Sporting Humour Analysis “Sporting Humour” by Serious Clown is a descriptive yet humorous poem. The poem has a complicated but apparent rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme enhances the poem by keeping a flow and a rhythm throughout the poem. Serious Clown uses a few metaphors one being, “football teams have wings” (Line 6), to better describe how the sport is played or how the athletes look. One of the things I really liked about this poem is that at the end Serious Clown sums up the sporting business. The last stanza says that sports used to be just for recreation but no the sports have created a million, if not billion, dollar industry.

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Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening Whose woods these are I think I know.

His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here My little horse must think it’s queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there’s some mistake.

The only other sound’s the sweep The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

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“And miles to go before I sleep” repetition. This repetition makes the end of the poem sound like it’s falling asleep.

“My little horse must think it’s queer” (Line 5) this line really stuck out to me because of Frost’s use of ‘queer’. Today the use of queer is to describe a homosexual person and can be quite offensive… which is why it was a weird word choice to me. After made more sense because queer means strange or odd. This poem made me want to rhythm and that is no mistake.

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Seasons Changing Analysis

Both of these poems written by myself are about my passion for skiing and winter sports.

Ever since I was two skiing has been part of my life. Since then my passion for skiing and winter sports has increased rapidly giving me the inspiration to write this poem. The use of a kigo and kireji where a crucial part to keeping the traditional form of a haiku. The kigo in the first poem is “Leaves fall” (Line 2), and in the second it’s “winter” (Line 1). The kireji in the first poem is “near” (Line 2) followed by the ellipsis. In the second poem the kireji is “falls” (Line 1) with the ellipsis. The theme in this poem is; There are endless possibilities that come with winter. Although I found it challenging to choose words that express this theme it is apparent throughout both poems. The key part is in line 2 “Adrenalin rush starts now.” This enhances the poem by making the reader remember moments in their life, whether it was the first time you lined up your sled with the jump down the hill or the time you looked down your first double black, which creates a strong connection.

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Beat It

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Beat It analysis This poem written by myself is about drums and my experiI was determined to add was a hyperbole. “The hard rockers have hair larger than the Mona Lisa is famous,” was the hyperbole. The shape I attempted to create was a drum kit, show distinction bet ween drums, rims, heads, and cymbals to match the picture below the poem. I also used repetition, “tapping, tapping, tapping.” I used repetition to show not tell the readers about what drumming is. Writing a poem about drums always ends with a bang! Or a crash.

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My Backyard

Pedaling pedaling riding a bike With the push of the poles we are going Here I am looking for a trail I like Wind blowing, it’s a good day for rowing A chill runs down my spine, seasons changing Filled with life, older then I, are the trees The dirt on the ground sits there, unchanging A fence separates us and our neighbors Days getting shorter, sun passes lower The snow in the winter is hard labor Days getting slower, bring out the blower So much life in just a single backyard One with every house on the boulevard

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My Backyard analysis

Writing this sonnet was a challenge because of the very prescribed format. To write this poem I sat in my backyard and wrote about my senses. What I smelt, saw, and felt, like in line 5 “Sitting I smell the flowers in the breeze.” One type of figurative language I used is repetition, “Pedaling pedaling” (Line 1). I used repetition when talking about pedaling because it happens over and over again whenever you’re riding. Personification was used in line 8 “The dirt on the ground sits.” This is a twist because majority of the poem is about living things and this line is about the dirt that just sits, unchanging. I also used the same format and rhyme scheme (ABAB CDCD) as a traditional sonnet. This poem was my first step on the sonnet boulevard.

The Running Race Lined up at the start line Adrenaline running, heart pounds A medal will be mine Just take the corners tight, get around Bang!

The cheer of the crowd Make your fans proud The panting of the runners creeps up behind me I stride longer Run hard He nears, get stronger He falls back but keep up your guard A cheetah flying around the track Don’t stop until the finish line Do lack, watch your back I’ll catch my prey just fine Run faster finish line in sight The end is near Keep up the fight The best run of the year Final stride Cross the white line With a smile to show my pride The gold medal is mine Sean Harrop Written Poem 4

The Running Race Analysis

This poem “Running Race” by Sean Harrop is not as fast paced as it seems. If you read carefully you will notice many uses of figurative language that enhance the poem’s meaning, thus making it more engaging. “A cheetah flying around the track” (Line 13) is the first line to a conceit that extends through the fourth stanza. “I’ll catch my prey just fine” (Line 16) is the second half of the metaphor. I was trying to show how fast I was running to catch my prey (the medal). A rhyme scheme (ABAB) is apparent throughout the poem excluding the second stanza.

This rhyme scheme adds a flow and a rhythm to the poem keeping the reader engaged while reading.

Line after line this simple poem kept readers reading about the simplest sport… Running Race.

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Day In a Marching Band Marching from left to right You’re all quite a sight Forwards and back Try not to lack Reset one more time Can you not play that chime Drums quiet down You sound like some clowns You stand here Nothing to fear Legs straight Wait is this only dot eight?

Sun getting higher It’s hot like a fryer Day getting hotter Take a minute for water Work hard the end is near The crowd will give a big cheer Bring it in Time for announcements he said with a grin You guys look great Same time tomorrow, don’t be late

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“Day In a Marching Band” by Sean Harrop is a poem that follows a simplistic rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme (AABB) assists with the flow of the poem, giving it a rhythm. The tone in this poem is hard work, or exhaustion. Even thought its hard work and your exhausted, you need to “Try not to lack” (Line 4), the first line that supports this tone. The theme I was trying to communicate is hard work pays off. This work is communicated in these two lines “Try not to lack” (Line 4) followed by “Reset one more time” (Line 5) showing the hard work and exhaustion. “The crowd will give a big cheer” (Line 18) is the ‘pays off’ part because in a marching band it’s about working hard and rehearsing, all for a performance and at the end the crowd will cheer.

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Connections to my Identity “You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” Wayne Gretzky. Athletics has played a huge role in my life. Tons of my friendships have been made through sports and going to competitions with the same people. Part of making new friends is making the ‘first move’ to say hi and meet someone new… it can get your heart pounding sometimes. That connects directly to sports itself. “Adrenalin rush starts now; Push of the poles, gone” (Lines 2&3 of the second Haiku, Harrop.). In skiing, you are lined up on the start line, looking down the slope, your adrenaline is running and with a push of your poles you’re gone… you have started, no return.

A couple of the poems that include sports really express my competitive nature. “A medal will be mine ” (Line 3, Harrop.), “athletes run for miles, to see who can break a tape.” (Line 11&12, Clown). Biathlon and cross-country running are two of the sports I do and they have one major thing in common, you’re alone. You’re not on a court with anyone. Solo sports are one of my favorite things to do because you don’t have to follow any one, no listening to orders, you are all alone… in charge. Self-control, the pain of struggle and its ok to lose are all things that I have learned while playing sports.

Repetition is common, not just in literature, but in sports too. “Pedaling pedaling riding a bike” (Line 1, Harrop.). Repeating the same motion, play or action over and over again until it’s perfect.

“Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I’ve never played with a band. I’ve always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn” Steve Martin. Being in four different bands, music and band have had a large influence on my identity. As much as I enjoy individual sports, when I get to band I have to use the other side of my brain, another part of my identity. Being in a marching band, I have learned how to work as a team - “Jazz players keep it smooth while keeping the band in time like clockwork.” A line from my concrete poem (Beat It) shows what a drummer, like myself, contributes to the band, the team. I have been given so many opportunities to step up to the challenge of being a leader in band.

Now because of these opportunities I am less afraid to speak up, be in control and I have the experience of being a leader. Some of my best friends have come from band and those friends have shared some of the greatest memories with me. These lessons and memories that come from band will stick with me forever. When doing almost anything there always seems to be a gap, that empty space. Whether your running, doing homework or just sitting in your room, that empty space can only be filled by music. “The crowd will give a big cheer” (Line 18, Harrop) and over all, the most important thing that band has taught me is that hard work pays off.

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein. When I’m outside, away from my house, away from technology I feel relaxed.

“Sitting I smell the flowers in the breeze” (Line 5, Harrop). Being out in the brush, learning new skills, getting the occasional scrape and fresh air is soothing and is something I enjoy doing. I have learned a lot of things in the woods but one of the most important is that once in a while your going to have to figure stuff out for yourself. Being at the top of a mountain it the middle of nowhere with just my family and friends I feel free, like there are no limits. Every year my family and I wait for the woods to fill up with snow and for the chair lifts to start moving, a new ski season to start. Every time we are driving to the ski hill, we are discussing new tricks, runs and lines… our skiing dreams. We get to the top and it’s silent “The only other sound’s the sweep; Of easy wind and downy flake.”(Lines 12 &13, Frost). Its only ever-just one run, but with every run a new part of my identity is added. Who wins the biggest fall, best line, biggest air of a mogul, it all happens, away from our house, away from technology, totally free at the top of the world.

“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” David Frost. Since day one my family and friends have been there to support me through school, sports, and hobbies that have lead me in the right direction to success. “My family is like all families we have; love and we have happiness and tears” (Lines 5&6, Riggs). No matter what happens in my family I will always love them, which is why they are such a big part in my life, my identity. A part of my identity is taking every opportunity or situation and making the best out of it. “Identity is what I make out of my given chance” (Line 9, Rajadhyaksha). Becoming a man of value is a lifetime goal. Through sports and being competitive, being in band and working as a team, going to nature in stressful times or to get away from life, and always caring for friends and family I hope to find success. “When I hold success, I’ll keep it safe” (Lines 11&12, Bruce)

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